Drawers.



UNITED sTATEs ATENT O FICE.

JACOB CREENWALI), or PHIL DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'ro-GREENwALn BROTHERS, INCORPORATED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

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Sp ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented 1390.22, 1908;

Application filed July 8, 1908. florid No. 442,456.

Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawers, whereof the following is a speclfication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The most obvious application of my invention is for use in connection with ordinary bathing trunks, and I have therefore shown it as thus embodied. In the drawings, Figure I, represents a view in perspective 0 a pair of bathing trunks containing my invention, showing the garment in the adjustment which it would have when worn. Fig. 11-, is an enlarged partial view of one side of the waist region, showing the periphery of the waist extended as it would be when the garment is about to be. ut on, or taken off.

he object of my invention is to construct a garment of this character in which the necessary close and elastic fit for clinging to the waist can be obtained by the use of a short and comparatively strong elastic band or bands. s heretofore made, such garments have usually either been provided with an ordinary drawing-strin or else with an endless rubber band which encircled the en tire waist. Both of these devices are objectionable, the drawing-stringbeing nonelastic, andthe endless band at the waist being usually either too weak to adequately support the garment upon the wearer, or else, 1f strong enough to be efficient, occasioning difiiculty in putting it on and taking it off. By my invention, the difficulties referred to are overcome.

In the drawings, 1, represents a pair of bathing trunks, having a deep welt, or hem 2, at the waist. At a convenient region or regions of the waist, preferably two in number, as indicated at 3, 3, I form openings in the welt, as shown at 4, 4'. Within each of the inclosures or elongated pockets thus formed, is freely contained a short and very strong'elastic band 5, preferably of flat rubber tape, which is preferably free at both ends as shown. The free ends are provided with detachable fastening devices, these in the instance shown, being ordinary glove fastener sockets 6, adapted to engage with I I studs 7, which latter aresecured to the exterior of the welt 2, just be 0nd the openings 4, 4, so that theelastic and can be detached at either or both of its ends;

The fullness of the waist line and the length of the elastic band are such that,

instance, the free ends will be drawn well within the inclosure of the welt. To avoid the loss of the end thus drawn into thev inclosure,;I attach to each free end of the band a cord or finder 8, so that the end of the band which has disappeared Within the Welt, can readily be drawn out a ain. In the instance shown, the two ban s are located at diametrically opposite regions of the waist band, at points which would be adjacent to the hips of the wearer, but this location can of course, be varied, and, if desired, one of the bands might be omitted. Obviously, also the desired inclosure for the bands m1 ht be provided otherwise than by utilizing t e waist welt for that purpose.

In the use of the device, when the garment is about to be put on, one end of each band 5, is detached from its fastener, and the waist band is then freely extended so that ,the wearer can readily slip the garment on.

The ends of the elastic bands which have disa peared within the welt are then drawn out means of the finders 8, and the sockets of the fasteners are snapped upon the studs, whereupon, the elasticity of the rubber will cause the arment to cling with the necessary degree 0% tightness to the waist of the wearer, and the fabric at the regions of the glusset will be gathered, as indicated in In order to remove the garment, the rubber bands are freed at one end, whereupon, the waist of the arment can be. stretched to the full extent without difliculty..

I prefer to make the bands detachable at both of their ends, in order that the garment may be worn with either part of the waist in front, as it is easier to detach and draw the front end of the band than the rear one.

By the use of the above device, I am enabled to employ elastic bands of such strength as would not be convenient or comfortable for use if they were not detachable during the act of putting on or taking off,

and moreover, the objections to the use of rubber bands extending around the entire waist are avoided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a garment of the character described,

. the combination of a relatively short and band; and a fin strong band of elastic material, arranged within an inclosure at the waist re 'ou, said band having a free end a detachab e fastening device arra ed at the free end of said rIer connected with the free end of said band.

2. In a garment of the character described, the combination of a pair of relatively short and stron bands of elastic material arranged wit inclosures at the waist region and free at their respective ends, detachable fastening devices arranged at each end of'said bands; and finders. connected with I JACOB GREENWALD.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. BELL, E. L. F LLERTON. Y 

